QT 14/11/2024 Thu. Ezekiel 42. Return to Renewed Worship. 返回 “更新的崇拜”。
QT 14/11/2024 Thu. Ezekiel 42. Return to Renewed Worship.
READ https://www.esv.org/Eze+42/
MEDITATION: The LORD was coming back to reside with His people again! It would have been ideal to say it ONCE and the people obeyed. But the LORD patiently proclaimed His desire to be with His people multiple times.
The LORD was coming back. The bible text envisioned the new temple (Ezek 40-43:11), the new law for His people (Ezek 43:12-46:24) and the new enclosure of residence with the newly reconstituted remnant of His people (Ezek 47-48).
We see the orderliness and symmetry of the temple complex described. Indeed, the building and the people within it must live in harmony with the LORD and with each other. What it appears to others must sync with what it really is. He knows what is going on within His temple.
APPLICATION: Do not go back to the days when "Everyone did what was right in his own eyes" (Judges 21:25). Sort out the basic things of holiness and orderliness in our approach to the holy LORD. Avoid painful remedial lessons which He might assign anytime for those who need them.
You might be impressed with the grandeur of the temple descriptions, if these were in fact of your own house. But the temple shown to Ezekiel exceeded all former temples (or tabernacles) in size and beauty. Representative of the LORD's holiness was the perfect symmetry of the temple dimensions.
The circles of holiness in graded form—from the common, the holy and the most holy remained. These point to the reverence to God that was required and the duties of worshippers not to take God for granted but to do their utmost best to conform to the very best in the process of sanctification.
The function of the temple was clearly to resume worship in the new era of the restored people of God. Is it now a reality for you all, after so long after Ezekiel 42?
星期四 2024年11月14日. 以西结书42章。 返回 “更新的崇拜”。
http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/eze/42/
默想：耶和华要再次回来和祂的子民同住！如果只需要说一次而子民就顺服，那就太理想了。但耶和华却必须不耐其烦向祂的子民多番宣告祂希望和子民同住的心意。
耶和华要回来了。圣经里描述了新殿(结40-43：11)，给祂子民的新律法(结43:12-46:24)，新的居所和祂并重组剩余的子民（结47-48）。
我们看到所描绘的殿宇内的有序性和对称性。确实，建筑和在里面的子民必须与耶和华和彼此和谐共处。别人所看到的必须是与现实符合。祂知道祂的殿里的一切事情。
应用：别回到“各人按着自己认为对的去行”的时候(士师记21:25)。在面对圣洁的耶和华时，我们要做到圣洁和有序。避免让人痛苦的补课，祂可能随时会安排给那些有需要的人。
如果这章所描述的是你自己的房子，你可能会对圣殿的宏伟留下深刻印象。但是，展现在以西结面前的圣殿在规模和美观程度上都超过了以前所有的圣殿或会幕。代表耶和华圣洁的是圣殿尺寸的完美对称。
圣洁的"圆圈"以分级的形式存在—从普通、圣所到至圣所。这表明了对上帝的敬畏，也表明了敬拜者的职责，即不要认为上帝提供的机会是理所当然的。信徒要竭尽全力，在成圣的过程中达到最佳状态。
圣殿的功能显然是为了让上帝的子民在新时代恢复敬拜。在《以西结书》第 42 章之后这么长的时间里，对你们来说，“敬拜的恢复”是否已经实现？
